Daily Maverick

DM is much better if you are signed in...

Enter your email below and we will send you a mail with a link or one-time pin to login

Sign in with OAuth

Get Support DM Shop Support DM

Kwaito

Test your knowledge of South African music that rocked the world with the DM168 online quiz

South Africa

Test your knowledge of South African music that rocked the world with the DM168 online quiz

By Daily Maverick

New architecture is needed for Africa’s music to ignite the world

Maverick Life

New architecture is needed for Africa’s music to ignite the world

By Jay Savage

National Arts Council rejects musician’s funding application because he ‘seems to be well-connected’

South Africa

National Arts Council rejects musician’s funding application because he ‘seems to be well-connected’

By Karabo Mafolo

Op-Ed: The orchestra is in our blood

South Africa

Op-Ed: The orchestra is in our blood

By Sophia Welz

TRAINSPOTTER: Ordinary Hlaudi – on breaking Mandoza’s funeral, and South Africa along with it

Politics

TRAINSPOTTER: Ordinary Hlaudi – on breaking Mandoza’s funeral, and South Africa along with it

By Richard Poplak

How Yfm plans to save SA’s young music artists

Maverick Life

How Yfm plans to save SA’s young music artists

By Sipho Hlongwane

Getting along: South Africa's real miracle

Politics

Getting along: South Africa's real miracle

By Mandy De Waal